Sukta 3
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (unspecified in the provided excerpt)
Devata: Ātman (as radiance/ghṛṇi and sustaining support)
Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like (probable; requires full hymn metrical audit)
この一頌から成るラクショーグナ（Rakṣoghna）の護身讃歌は、アートマン（Ātman）を、光輝に満ちて堅固に安立する支え（dhāruṇa）として招請し、秩序だった具身を生み出し、安全な「立脚地」（viṣṭhā/gātu）を確保する。アートマンの輝き（ghṛṇi）と、蜜のような最上の精髄（madhvo agra）を確認することによって、このマントラは無身・離身の敵対的な力を退け、修行者の防護の場を安定させる。
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Here Ātman is praised as a cosmic-embodied principle: radiant power (ghṛṇi) and firm support (dhāruṇa) that establishes a stable base and protects life against disembodied harm.
The term points to unseen, disembodied hostile agencies—forces of obstruction, fear, or affliction that lack stable embodiment and are repelled by the mantra’s affirmation of embodied, sustaining presence.
Honey represents ‘madhvo agra’—the foremost sweet essence that nourishes and seals protection; ritually it can be offered or lightly consumed to mark the establishment of supportive, life-affirming potency.
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